In this article, we introduce a comprehensive framework supporting a privacy-aware access
control mechanism, that is, a mechanism tailored to enforce access control to data …

The cost of failures within communication networks is significant and will only increase as
their reach further extends into the way our society functions. Some aspects of network …

This paper traces the history of policy-based management and how it evolved from the first
security models dating back to the late 1960's until today's more elaborate frameworks …

This article provides an overview of the Policy Management for Autonomic Computing
(PMAC) platform, and shows how it can be used for the management of networked systems …

Policy integration and inter-operation is often a crucial requirement when parties with
different access control policies need to participate in collaborative applications and …

Cloud computing enables highly scalable services to be easily consumed over the Internet
on an as-needed basis. While cloud computing is expanding rapidly and used by many …

The advent of emerging technologies such as Web services, service-oriented architecture,
and cloud computing has enabled us to perform business services more efficiently and …

As data represent a key asset for today's organizations, the problem of how to protect this
data from theft and misuse is at the forefront of these organizations' minds. Even though …

Recent collaborative applications and enterprises very often need to efficiently integrate
their access control policies. An important step in policy integration is to analyze the …

Policies, sets of rules that govern permission to access resources, have long been used in
computer security and online privacy management; however, the usability of authoring …